Hose-holder



nmoos soU'rER, or Baron ROUGE, `LoUifs'iAiiiA.`

Hoen-Homann.

Specification of Letters Patent." Pitteltd lVIal. 22, 19:21.`

application fiieiiivovember 17, i920. sei-mino. 424,736.

To all whom it may concern: i i i j Be it known that I, DRACos SoUTnii,a citizen of the United States, residing at Baton Rouge, in the parishof East Baton Rouge and btateof Louisiana, have invented certain new anduse-ful Improvements in Hose-Holders; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description oftheiinventionsuch as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and usethe same.

The present invention relates to improvements in hose holders, and hasfor an object to provide an improved device of'this character moreparticularly for use in supporting fire hose and the like on fire tugboats and also on vessels generally, where it is re-` quired that thehose besupported out of the way, but at the sametime be easily accessible and removable in case of emergency.

It is` another `object of the invention to provide an improved hoseholder which will e substantially automatic in action in allowing of theremoval and replacement of the hose and which will effectively retainthe hose until it is grasped and positively pulled therefrom. 1

A further object ofthe invention resides in providing an improved hoseholderbf simple and inexpensive construction; which involves theproduction of a novel form of bracket attachable to either right or leftwalls or to ceilings at will; and which fur ther involves the provisionof a swinging frame adapted to guide a pair ofl weighted arms to'whichthe pivoted jaws which clamp the hose therebetween are secured, andwhich thereby `insures the positive opening and closing of the jaws; i i

With the foregoing and other objects in view,rthe invention will be morefully de scribed hereinafteryand `will beY more particularly pointed'out in the claims appended hereto. j i i i i In 4the drawings, `whereinlike symbols refer to like or corresponding'parts throughout the severalviews, i

Figure 1 is a front view of an improved hose holder constructedaccording to the present invention and illustrating a fragmentary'pieceof hose as held therein;

Fig. 2 is a side viewthereof; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary planview.`

Referring'more particularly to the drawings, the improved supportingbracket is composed of a single piece of heavy gage wireor metallic rodconstruction so shaped and designed as to provide a pair ofI parallelmembers each composedof angularly dis-` posed arms 1 and 2 which may beslightly curved as indicated in Fig. 2. 'Ilie arms at their convergentmeeting ends are coiled into one or moi'econvolutions 3 adapted toreceive the pivot `pin 4. The free ends of the arms of adjacent membersare connected together by rods 5 and 6, eyes 7 and 8 being made at theends of such members `5 and 61 in order to receive screws or otherfastenings 9 and 10 which take into a wall orother support, as indicatedin Fig. 2. i

A rectangular open swinging frame 11 is also made of a single pieceoflieavy gage.` wire ofround bar construction bent to provide parallelsides L and ends and formed with upstanding eyes or convolutions 12 and13 adapted to come into alinement with the convolutions 3 in order toreceivethe pin 4 on which the frame 11 may freely rock. The pin `4;extends above the intermediate. portion of the frame 11 leaving spacesto either side of the pin in which to slidably re` ceive and guide pairsof parallel arms 14 and 15 which connect with the hose clamp'- ing jaws16 and 17. The parallel arms 111 and 15 are connected-together by rods18 and 19 -which carry weights 2O and 21 of such mass that they willsustain the jaws` and the weight of the hose carried thereby in theupper full line position indicated in Fig. 2. Thehose is representeddat22 in Fig'. 1 and is illustrated as being clamped tightly by the jaws16` and 17, which jaws .i

arein the upper position.` Thelower ends of the `jaws preferably overlapbeneath the hose as indicated in full lines iii Fig. 2 `in order to moreeectively support the hose and avoid the accidental opening of thejawsby itsweight. i i

When the jaws 16 and 17 open, the overlappedends thereofswing widelyapart, thus affording an ample" gap fromwhich the hose may fall andintowhich it may be pushed upwardly when replacing it. The jaws 1o and17 are likewise composed of parallel and spaced apart members connectedat their lower ends by bars 23 and 24 and each inember of each jaw iscurved semi-circularly so as to fit substantially about one-half of thehose 22. At the upper ends ofthe jaws convolutions 25 and 26 are made inregistry to receive the pivot pin 27 by which the two jaws areswingingly associated. The jaw 16 is formed in one piece with the arm 14and the jaw 17 in one piece with the other arm 15 the arms 14 and 15rising from the convolutions 25 and 26.

In use, the hose 22 is normally supported as shown in'Fig. 1 and in fulllines in Fig. 2. The arms 14 and 15 are in their divergent position sothat the weights 20 and 21 exert a comparatively great leverage to holdthe jaws i closed and the hose elevated.

hen emergency arises the hose 22 may be grasped and pulled downwardly.This will cause the jaws 16 and 17 to descend from the full to thedotted line position shown in Fig. 2. This descent causes the arms 14and 15 to be drawn through the rectangular frame. 11. `The arms arethereby swung toward one another guided between the sides of the frame11 and the pin 4, and they are thus brought to the dotted line positioncaus-V ing the opening of the jaws 16 and 17 and the vrelease of thehose. This brings the open jaws 16 and 17 at a lower elevation so thatin replacing the hose' the jaws are more easily accessible.

- In the act of replacing the hose the same is moved upwardly until itstrikes the pivot point of the jaws whereupon the jaws and the arms arecarried upwardly therewith. The pin 4 will cause the curved arms 14 and15 to. diverge and close the jaws 16 and 17 about the hose. When thehose is moved upwardly to the full extent the weights 2O and 21 willthen occupy a position to support the hose and to maintain the jaws 16and 17 closed.

It will be understood that the supporting braeket'may be swung on thepivot 4 to any position for instance, so that the fastenings 9 and 10may be engaged with the opposite wall or with the ceiling.

It is obvious that various changes and modificationsV may be made in thedetails of construction and design of the above speciiically describedembodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof,such changes and modifications be ing restricted only by the scope ofthefollowing claims. v

What is claimed isI' l. A hoseJ holder comprising supportingmeans,'openable jaws adapted to clamp the hose therebetween held by saidsupporting means, and weight-imposing means integral with thejaws andacting thereon to nor mally and yieldably hold said jaws upon the hose,substantially as described.

A`2. VAn improved hose'fholder comprising supporting means, pivotedjawsadapted to clamp the' hose' therebetween and having arms extending abovethe jaws and being slidably engaged with said supporting means,'saidarms being weighted pivot point of theY to hold the jaws in the closedposition, substantially as described.

3. An improved hose holder comprising a supporting bracket, a :frameheld by said bracket, a pairof pivoted jaws, and weighted arms extendingfrom said jaws and slidably received in said frame, substantially asdescribed.

4. An improved hose holder comprising a supporting bracket, arectangular open frame swinging on the supporting bracket, a pair ofpivoted jaws adapted to clamp the hose therebetween and being movable asa unit with respect to said bracket and swinging frame, and a pair ofweighted arms conneeted to said jaws and being slidably movable throughthe rectangular frame, substantially as described.

5. An improved hose holder comprising a supporting bracket, a swingingrectangular open frame carried by said bracket, a pair of jaws pivotedtogether and adapted to clamp a hose therebetween, arms integral withsaid jaws and extending in a direction oppositely to the jaws and indivergent relation, said arms being slidably mounted through saidrectangular open frame and adapted to be guided thereby, and weightscarried by the outer divergent ends of said arms, substantially asdescribed.

6. An improved hose holder comprising a bracket composed of a pair ofparallel members, each of said members composed of a pair of armsangularly disposed and provided with convolutions at their intermediateconvergent portions, fastening means adapted to engage with the freeends of said arms whereby to attach the bracket to a support, arectangular open frame having upstanding convolutions at its endsadapted to aline with the convolutions ofthe bracket, a pin passingthrough the several convolutions to swingingly support the frame fromthe bracket, a pair of jaws pivoted together and adapted to clamp thehose therebetween, and weighted arms integral with the jaws andextending upwardly and outwardly from the pivot point thereof, saidweighted arms being slidably received in the rectangular frame and beingguided thereby and by said pivot, substantially as described.

n improved hose holder comprising a bracket adapted to be attached to asupport, a pivot carried by said bracket, an open reetangular frameswinging on said pivot, a pair of jaws pivoted together and adapted toreceive a hose therebetween, and arms connected to said jaws andextending through the rectangular open frame and being guided by thesides of the frame and b v said pivot, each of said jaws and itseempanion arm being formed in one piece, substantially as described.

DRACOS SOUTER.

